River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-22

come over here.
..She looked - innocen: AM pretty
that didn't like 10 see her paraded al
such a moment before the idlers around
a police court. 50 told her to bring her
intended ard few friends to ? hotel
that ] mentioned. viii it cost any
more" she aske |. | told her that |
knew the proprietor. and be wouldn't
object At o o clock they were on hand,
and very nice they appeared. He was
an honest. clean looking, sturdy Young
fellow. neatly dressed in black Prince
Albert. She looked very sweet I'm u
nicely fitting alpaca, black gloves and
a pretty hat. After the ceremony she
/ sat down By his side ON the sofa and
/ burst out CRYING. That, / think is one
of the most satisfactory occasions ever
presided over
Judge White. has had several inter-
esting experiences in this connection.
which to be appreciated should be Civ
ne as nearly as possible i'm his own Ian
guaCe. He married a couple not long
ago, and after the godspeed the woman
said; We'll Judge. | do hope I'll have
I better luck this time. ..IIow is that?"
he inquired. Why. You married me
/ just a wear ago. and | got divorce after
the first three months"
Mr. White is the Justice who was
called on to marry the couple of whom
there was quite a sensational account
in the papers not long ago. \ youngish
/ looking woman called at his office and
asked iiim to visit an address which She
gave. and marry her to a man who was
too sick to leave his bed. The justice
went and found a residence mean
enough to be called howell or shanty.
The woman admitted him, and pulling
apart a pair of curtains. disclosed Il
man. old. gray and emaciated. living on
a wrctched couch. and ohm she asked
To be married. The justice questioned
the man. and finding him almost inn
beetle. refused To perform the ceremony.
1t seems that the old man was well Off;
/ that she had taken care of him for a
/ few months. and in the absence of his
relatives, who lived in another state.
/ had induced him TO consent To marry
him.
A Young couple called at Judge
Whites house one evening and asked
him to marry them. They looked like
working people. As he stepped one
side to make some preparation the
young man came up and whispered to
him:
..Isay. Jedge, hain't got no ful'
tonight; She's got the stuff there in
her bag. III bring it to you to-mor-
row. but | don't think it would look
well to begin on her in that way to-
night. do ycu?"
The ceremony proceeded, and next
morning the young man was on hand
with the '.stuff.
Justice Of the Peace Blume, Is be-
coming a great expert at tying the, the
by the way, what IS it called? The
gordian knot: The eXecutioner's knot?
\ No, the matrimonial knot. He dove
tails together on an average one couple
a day, and sometimes three or four.
When it comes to telling stories, the
jolly Friar Is a Connecticut Puritan
compared with Judge Blume. Rhet-
Oric. eloquenee and quotations. from
/ Pindar down To Walt Whitman, all fall
into line in his narrative: Here Is one
story he tells:
AN old couple. aged about fifty and
Sixtv-iiye, respectively. came to me and
said they wanted To enter the 'hOwly'
state of matrimony. They were veter-
ans They looked like Gambrinus and
a drunken washerwoman. They were
saturated with twenty years of stale
beer. and .smeIled to heaven OF
course hesitated. but when they sta
cd that they had been living together
all their lives, and now wanted to get
married at the other end of il, | con-
scented.
Judge Blume takes rather an unfair
advantage of some of his clients.
There are in an ordinary marriage GER
tifcate places for three photographic
one of the bride. one of the groom and
one of the magistrate or minister.
There is a superstition among the SIM
pier class that the photograph of the
one who performs the ceremony placed
between those of the bride and groom
brings good luck-Sort of holds them
together. When thew remind him OF
this he tells them they are mistaken
that place was intended for the picture
of the first corn. The bride generally
bushes and sidles oil. and the willy jus.
tice takes the opportunity to escape.
If there Is ever a time that ought
= 10 bring out man manhood, Is hi:
wedding day Yet the following in
cident that happened in the Office o
= Justice of the Peace WoOdman. shows
that the love Of liquor is no respectel
Of times or places. \ gentlemanll
looking person entered his Office som'
, time ago. attired in silk hat and blacl
= hroadcloth With him was a fine look
b ing lady dressed a a bride, Orang'
7 blossoms. veil and all. The man wa
4 well known as person of means ant
= culture. noted indeed for the fact tina
I he spoke eight different languages. III
r inquired If the Justice was in. an,
2 being informed that Mr.. Woodman wa
e out. and would not return for over tw'
: hours. the would-oe groom left his fai
= companion in the court room and wen
: down stairs Presently he returned
o and after short visit with his in
e tended. again retired TO the lower Re
: giOns. This was repeated again, an
y at each temperance his conduct n
4 vealed 4 slight change of demeanOr.
= dedicate shading of action that woul
: have driven to despair the most accom-
4 plished actor. Each time he reyiSite
-e the court room he was more demon
20 strative. more affectionate and MOI
. anxious that every one should knO'
v the exact state of his feelings and tt
" many virtues OF his intended bird,
70 When the Justice finally arrived ii
n would-be groom was unable 10 assun
that dignity of attitude which the in
q portance Of his proposed ventui
Il seemed To der1and. and his responS,
Il were more enthusiast and volub
ID than seemed necessary. According
ia he was sent away. and the last seen
Y. him he was going down the stree
l evidently following the track of son
d beginner on the bicycle. his cOmpanic
k lIovally accompanying. and evident
l irving az every step to persuade hi
so that the hypOtenuse Is less than q
"a sum of two sides. She evidently kne
FL what she was about though, for th'
n are now married and travelling
az Europe.
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